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Playback and

Recording

Notes on Power Supply and Video Cassettes

Usable cassettes

We recommend you to use a DigitalMasterTM cassette of standard HDV/DVCAM/DV cassette (such as PHDV-276DM), or mini HDV/DVCAM/DV cassette (PHDVM-63DM) for recording in HDV/DV format. We recommend you to use a standard DVCAM cassette, Mini-DVCAM cassette, or DigitalMasterTM shown above for recording in DVCAM format.

Mini cassette

Standard cassette

Cassette memory

Some mini cassettes and standard cassettes have the cassette memory ( mark). The unit, however, does not support cassette memory.

However, if you use the DSR-25/45/50 as a recorder, the unit accesses cassette memory only if the recorder is set to [AUTO q].

To save a recording

To prevent accidental erasure of a recording, set REC/ SAVE switch on the cassette to SAVE. To record or dub audio on a tape, set the switch to REC.

Set to SAVE.

REC/SAVE switch

Checking the tape for slack

Using a paper clip or a similar object, turn the reel gently in the direction shown by the arrow. If the reel does not move, there is no slack.

Paper clip, etc.

Reel

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